Jun 24, 2013

There's nothing like eating a sweet, juicy, ripe peach on a hot summer day – but these peaches and cream popsicles made with yogurt, almond milk and almond extract make a wonderful treat on a hot day like today.

It's in the nineties today, the kind of day where you want to either sit in front of the air conditioner and never leave the house, or swim in the pool all day – we opted for the latter.

I've been thinking about making a peach dessert combined with almond extract – because I love the smell of my peach-almond facial scrub, so I came up with this easy dessert using really ripe sweet peaches, unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze almond milk and almond extract – delish! And by the way, Almond Breeze now comes in single size servings and is hosting a giveaway on Skinny Bits. Click here for a chance to win.

I used raw sugar to sweeten these, but you could sweeten them with stevia or whichever sweetener you prefer. My star shaped ice pop mold, which you can find on Amazon makes 4 oz popsicles, so depending on the size of your popsicle mold, you may get different amounts.

Halve and pit the peaches. Cut the peach halves into 1/4-inch dice until you have 1 cup. Place the diced peaches in a bowl; set aside.

Cut the remaining peaches into rough 1-inch chunks and place in the blender. Add the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth, scrape down the sides of the blender as needed. Pour the mixture into the bowl with the diced peaches and mix to combine.

Divide the mixture evenly into the popsicle molds, or disposable small plastic cups. Insert the sticks and freeze until solid, at least 5 to 6 hours.

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Oh wow these sound so yummy and so much healthier than most frozen desserts I find myself eating during the summer. And you're daughter is absolutely adorable by the way, just beautiful! Enjoy these hot summer days together.

Used dates instead of sugar, nectarines, and 0% greek because it's all I had on hand. Awesome!!! Almond is my ABSOLUTE favorite, so next time I would probably increase that a bit but that's just my preference. Thanks for the great recipe Gina!

Question: If you used stevia, what would that reduce the sugar count by? I had gastric bypass, so I have to be very careful about how many grams of sugar. I try to keep it under ten. Thank you for this awesome looking recipe!

Gina, is the sugar that you use, the sugar in the raw? Being a diabetic could you recommend another sweetener. Not a fan if the stevia. I could try it again. Did not like it in coffee. I enjoy nothing in my coffee now. Thanks Gina

Can't wait to try this! I'm going to try it in a plastic container since I don't have any popsicle molds. A question....would regular plain yogurt work instead of Greek? I don't like the taste of Greek. Thanks!

YUMMY!I love the combo of almond and peach.When my kids were little we had peaches and almond liqueur for dessert often...just enough to taste the almond flavour!I be making this recipe as soon as I can get peaches!

I like how your used your face scrub for recipe inspiration! I guess anything can really inspire people in the kitchen. :) Your almond extract idea makes me want to whip up a batch of popsicles with vanilla bean paste! Can't wait to try it out!

I made these with my daughter this weekend, I measured the salt wrong so they came out a little salty. Would have to make them again and add the right amount of salt. Other than that they came out good. But now instead of eating a sweet treat is like eating peaches with salt :)